Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 26 October 1780

To George Washington

Richmond, 26 Oct. 1780. This letter is almost identical with TJ’s letter to Thomas Sim Lee of this date, q.v.

RC (DLC: Washington Papers); in a clerk’s hand, signed by TJ; endorsed. Tr in DLC: TJ Papers. For variations in the text from the letter to Lee, see note there.

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    Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 26 October 1780
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Washington, George
    Date
    26 October 1780

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    “Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 26 October 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0085. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, 1 October 1780 – 24 February 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, p. 72.]

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